Photo: LDR / Ben Fraser
Something stinks in Rotorua, and it's not the sulphur scent residents embrace and visitors expect.
Rotting lake weed is casting a funky fog over the city's lakefront as a 70 tonne-a-day clean-up of Lake Rotorua continues.
Businesses in the area say the stench is so bad that customers are complaining or staying away.
The washed-up weed is also causing piles of dead fish to surface.
Some in the community are calling for more investment in weed control to prevent the mess from happening again and protect Rotorua's reputation.
It has been two weeks since strong winds caused masses of weed to surface from the lakebed and collect on the foreshore.
The Bay of Plenty Regional Council began removing the washed-up we
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